It was a hectic day for Kamashiplaya traffic police as a team resorted to a cleaning drive on a stretch of Magadi Road between the busy Srigandha Kaval and Sumanahalli, as multiple overload trucks had dropped gravel stones on the stretch posing threat to the road users on Sunday, May 12.
Following a series of complaints of the gravel stones coming under the moving wheels being shot towards other vehicles and road users, posing a threat to their safety, traffic police took up the cleaning drive themselves. The police reached the spot and blocked the traffic from both the sides and started clearing the gravel. It took the police team over an hour to clean the road and ensure smooth movement of the traffic, a senior police officer said.
According to the police the incident warrants action under Section 184 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, which defines a reckless act while driving. “This is purely an act of reckless driving on the part of that heavy goods vehicle drivers. They overload the trucks and spill gravel stones, sand, and other materials on the road as they go. This poses a big risk to other commuters on the road,” the officer said.
